OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14426753
ADVANCED ROOFING SYSTEMS, INC.
TELLURIDE, CO—
Event description
Employee injured in fall from roof, later dies
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on September 11, 1985, Employee #1 was installing me tal panels on a 28 ft high, 6:12 pitched roof. He lost his balance and fell to t he ground. He sustained multiple injuries from which he later died. Neither a ca tch platform with standard railings nor a safety belt were being used for fall p rotection.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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